The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1887-12-01

should attempt to cover il mp aud
excnse il 7 added Mre. Cowlcs. j
don't know but We shall be obliged
to Withdraw from the church. Ny
husband thnku there is great deal
OF corruption among ministers them
selves noNadays''
Certainly no one was better able
to detect corruption anywhere than
NJ. Cowlss, If half the stories of his
own immoral escapadcs conld b.
relied upon. But Mrs. Cowlcs'
friends remained discrcetly silout on
this point.
Il shall not allow Cora to 20 e.
The parsonage tomorrow evening
interposed Mrs. Brown. Il think
the discussion of such subjects bas Il
most demoralizing effect on young
p ople 1t is dsplorable affair all
around.
But when th, evening came Cora
did go. More than that, 10 her
mothers great horror. she crossed
the room andsat down byJack Downs
and bis wife, who sat alone together
on the sofa although great many
were standing up around tho large
parlors.
This was not to much from sym
patty with Mrs. Downs, a. profrs,
sional instinct such ~ that wbicu
impels n surgeon to investigate all
sorts of pathological monstrositiee.
She wanted to observe for herself
the ravages Of temorsc, humiliation
aud unhappy love, the better to flu
ish her poem.
Bat Mrs. Downs was ms pretty, a.
gay and NJ nobchelaui ~ ever. Ouc,
or Twice she whl-p'red behiud hcr
fan 10 hen husband, aud oa,e she
ictnrlly laughed mich 50 outraged
the sens,bili'les of'lc mere scve,e!
vistuous matroai tlai they shuddy1
ed with horror.
Mr.. G ltuu wnsa r,u~-''-c i''"'"E
young nan, Nith>,S''Y"''d N''' n"'
u look of y>aTraI sWrv loe''' Tie
had hlsiy como Ia Pne Fd.sH tench"
al, and now stool IenuiHg against
the mnnieI. lis rom &c appearances
-, attractive To tho ladies', wis due
To his har, which he wore long on
account of his ears, they being enor-
mously large, and an Interesting pal
ior which was cddged by dyspepsia,
ls.aa not ..nhanny lse, az tho youoa.
ladI6s Hupp5sed
Il have here, said Mrs. Row, "a
letter which has been thome Of
mnch severe comment. The cuye
iope is addressed 10 Mrs Downs,
and it was picked mp in the street by
Mrs Martins litllc son. Who took it
to his fathers grocery. Tho con.
tents Il q in a diff rout pcumnuship
With Mrs Cultou's nh ne as sigma
tire. VIII ask Mr.. Cotton to make
make an explanation, which viii no
doubt bo satisfactory
satisfactory ! repeated Mr.. Cow
les, with more spirIt than poiitoness.
1t seems To me that when a man
writes Ia that style to another man ~
wife calling her hu,ban base
wretch here bo cast an indignant
glance ut Jack Downs aud urgiug
her to run rway with him u sntisfuc-
tory explanation is not an easy mats
Ger
'loa are mistaken, sir answorcd
Mr. Cotton. AN explGustion in this
case il very easily made. am IA
member Of an amateur theatrical
club aud l wrote out my part at Mr..
Downs Que evening, copying it out
Of book Of his. Mrs. Downs gave
me an envelope. from one of the let
ters that lay open the table to pat
the manuscript in,and unfortunate
iy lost it on my way home will
now read, che lines il Slr. Cowles will
look over De printed pages aud see
If read up correctly
Shamefayed Mr., Cowles looked on
while Mr., Ce}lton read, with much
dramatic eAsct:
Ny angel fly with me
Afar in othe lands beyond the sea
W'll build Nome sacred to love auc
thee.
Scorn the base wretch who in your
humble home
Profanes the name OF love-ah, by
my own
Aud heaven is not so high, nor eartl
SO vast
But that its treasures at thy feet III
cast
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